39th Annual World Pea Shooting Championship
This past Saturday the 39th Annual World Pea Shooting Championship was held in Witcham, England. Competitors had to hit a target made of putty from 12 yards away. The Telegraph reports on the latest in pea-shooter technology (a laser-guided shooter with gyroscopic balancing) and the characteristics of successful pea-shooting (such as "moisture criteria," the optimum amount of saliva on the pea). The winner, Jim Collins, used a traditional peashooter.
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As a kid our pea shooters were asparagus seeds blown through straws. We played cops and robbers this way, and one day a kid knocked down a beehive in the asparagus patch. I still can see the bees swarming over neighborhood kids. not good.
In our family we had watermelon seed-spitting contests.
This Witcham contest reminds me of the cheese rolling in spring.
lemonfair at 5:30PM on 07/27/09